The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-13
General and miscellaneous.

A contract has been signed for the building OF
q railroad to San Jacnto on the Pacific Coast.
1t is expected that the receivership OF the
Philadelphia & Reading road Will terminate on
the LIST of September.
The Lake Shore and the Nickel-plate roads
threaten cut rates il their percentages out OF
Chicago continue to lag
The Southern Pacific has just placed orders
for freight and passenger equipment which will
cost the company $750.000.
The Denver 81 Rio Grande management pro-
pose to expend Sc, 000. 900 in putting down
third rail and building extensions.
The Manitoba announce that their road is
now open for business west Of Minota. Fort Blu
ford Regular trains begin running to-day.
The splendid new iron boat which is to be run
on the Hudson river in connection with the New
next
Sage and Field are said to be working
together to secure control of the New York g
New England road and the New York, New
Haven & Hartford as we'll.
New York capitalists stand ready to furnish
capital to extend the Denver e. Rio Grande road
from Cerillos to Albuquerque as soon as the road
is built to the former town.
Managers of Sou thern roads look for heavy
fall and winter traffic. The crops of Alabama,
Georgia and South Carolina are in better con-
diti on than they have been for ton years.
or the $10,000.000 in bonds issued by the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road. 100000
have already been sold, and there are yet two
months for the syndicate to mako its final pay
ment
The opening of the West Virginia railroad,
timore g. Ohio and the Pennsylvania. The line
promises to be Of more value to Pittsburg than
Baltimore.
The Philadelphia s. Reading is now working
in perfect harmony with the Pennsylvania road.
shipping their coal to various points the lat
ters system. something which has not been
done In many years past
Arkansas City promises to become the great
.s:Y. - ~ g.. Ts.~~
ago the town was hardly known but now it has
either built in there. or headed for that point.
nine roads. the Atkinson Topeka & Santa Fe
being one of the number.
The Michigan House of Representatives has
passed bill fixing railroad rates of fare at "a
cents per mile, with Northumberland tickets at
$40. provision of the bill is that newlv-con-
structed roads may charge cents per mile for
six years after completion
The bill now before the New Hampshire Leg
islature for uniting roads in that State under
one corporation, fixes rates of fare at two and
one-half cents per mile on lines south OF Con-
cord and three cents on lines north of that point
Dividends also limited-probably q needl ess
pre- caution-to ten per cont
There is a growing belief among civil engi-
neers Of note, who look after the bridges on the
railroads of this country, that wherever it is
practicable stone bridges should be built and iron
and wooden structures dispensed with, and that
a heavy rail should be placed In the track where
ever the heavy locomotive is put in service.
The Railroad Commissioners of Massachu-
sets have sent circulars the presidents Of all
railroads in the State asking them to send in
for all railroad bridges complete plans of
structures with dimensions. stress diagrams,
date OF erection, name OF designer and q
mass of general information in tabular form.
Surveys for locating the Virginia, Western e.
Tennessee road were begun on Monday. Con-
struction work will begin the road at Blu
chanan, on the Richmond g. Allegheny road. in
a short time. The road will cross the Balti-
more g. Ohio Norfolk g. Western the East Ten
nessee. and is ultimately to be pushed on to
Memphis, $50 miles.
1t is reported in Pittsburg, on what il con-
sidersd reliable authority, that Elliott Holbrook,
late superintendent of the New York g New
England railroad. will succeed General Man
aRer Quincy, of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie
road, whose resignation takes effect tho 10Th
inst. Mr.. Holbrook is Vanderbilt man and at
present has charge Of the new shops of the Lake
Erie at CHARTERS, Pa